10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

This discussion about red-shoulders comes up from time to time and it throws people off, “Wait, hawks are raptors, they should be going for meat!” Above is a photo Art Drauglis captured of a red-shoulder making off with meat put out for Marabou Storks at the Washington D.C.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

This is an interesting article that reveals some stuff I didn't know about celebrities I like. She went back to red meat because she said the vegan diet almost killed her and was aging her hands. (I To go all the way back to red meat? Disappointing, but, as the article asks, is it fair to hold celebrities to a higher standard?

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Critter News

MARCH 2, 2011

It's particularly poignant considering the earlier article we posted about how their meat is showing up in Britain. Apparently, they laugh to encourage social bonding. Humans eating chimpanzees is akin to cannibalism, as far as I'm concerned.

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Critter News

JANUARY 28, 2010

You can already read the excuses being cited in this article. Tags: meat cats dogs china. The legislation is only being drafted right now and there's a long way to go I suspect before such laws would pass.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Ideal Balance uses high quality ingredients like real meat, fruits and vegetables. I was also very happy to learn that all meat and poultry used in Hill’s foods comes from USDA-inspected facilities. Author has been compensated for completion of this article. is not responsible for the content of this article.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Every time I get depressed about animal issues (every other day it seems like), I see an article like this. It's an article about the pork industry having to address the increasingly positive media image of pigs as intelligent creatures that could be someone's pet. Tags: meat pigs pork farm animal welfare. it's just a turkey."

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Critter News

JANUARY 18, 2011

click here for the full article. Tyson Larson introduced LB 305 on Wednesday, which would create a state meat inspection program, which would in turn allow horse meat to be transported across state lines. From the Lexington Clipper-Herald. Newcomer to the Legislature Sen.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 15, 2008

I'd rather not any meat at all, thank you, but for those meat addicts like my husband, this could help. This article on Gristmill (excerpt below) goes into detail on pros and cons of "schmeat." Tags: meat alternatives PETA vegetarian.

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Critter News

APRIL 5, 2009

Here's an article on the situation. Tags: meat montana horses USDA Slaughterhouse us. The only real markets for horsemeat are overseas and product must be inspected by the USDA before it can be shipped outside the US. However, the USDA is currently barred from such inspections.

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Critter News

MARCH 22, 2010

I'm not surprised considering their attitude about whale meat. The article's writer is a bit more objective about this than I am.) Apparently, it's all "cultural imperialism. Considering Japan's history in East Asia, it is seriously ironic to me that they throw the word "imperialism" around. Give me a break.

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Critter News

APRIL 7, 2010

This is an article that really hits the mark. Real food only comes with meat. Ezra Klein talks about the lack of vegetarian options at a restaurant he attended. Why do people assume that vegetarians eat nothing but vegetables? We eat LOTS of things. I find it very insulting that we are pigeon-holed in our food choices. Have a carrot!

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Critter News

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Go here for the full article. The research is being funded by Meat and Livestock Australia. The purpose is to make them happier as livestock. I guess you have to decide for yourselves what you think about that. The excerpt below is from the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2010

Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animal welfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. This New York Times article argues that it could lead to other states following suit. Well, maybe, although I think there is still a long way to go.

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Animal Person

APRIL 3, 2009

Earlier this week, the New York Times published an article that had what is perhaps the most offensive couple of sentences I've read in a long time. That's how Henry Alford learned to love goat meat, and that's how Mary Martin learned to dislike Henry Alford. No meal requires a storm of bleats, small or otherwise.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Here is an interesting article about research out of Sweden that suggests that all domesticated dogs may have originated from China. That is the proposal of a team of geneticists led by Peter Savolainen of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

I have been compensated for completion of this article. is not responsible for the content of this article. Hill’s found that ingredients such as fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat-based protein were on the tops of pet parent’s wish list, while ingredients like corn, wheat, and soy ranked lower.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

I came across this article in USA Today entitled "Waste not, want not: Companies find uses for leftover animal parts." Now, meat companies are putting more resources into sustainability programs, says Paul Rutledge of the American Meat Institute's sustainability committee.

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Animal Person

MARCH 31, 2009

The inaugural winner would be John Carbonaro, who found an article called " Slaughterhouse in Buffalo Wins Zoning Approval." Felicia Horton inquires/protests: "If they're cutting up [animals], are you going to want to come up front an eat some meat?" I wonder if she actually said "If they're cutting up meat. ".

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Animal Person

JUNE 20, 2009

Bea sent me a link to an article in Gourmet called " Humane Slaughterhouses ," by Rebecca Marx, that is absurd. Words like 'pastured,' 'grass-fed,' and 'free-range' are now synonymous with quality meat; they carry a potent if symbolic meaning that has eased many a consumer’s conscience and driven many a marketing campaign."

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 7, 2016

Further, did those who reacted so strongly to Harambe’s killing go home and serve meat to their children? Have op-ed article writers Peter Singer and Karen Dawn not seen the beautiful natural habitat at the L.A. The zoo, surely, carries responsibility for deficiencies in its enclosure.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Be sure to read to the end of the article too, Hill’s is giving away dog and cat “little extras” bundles. Baby tends to like fruit flavored treats more than meat flavored treats. is not responsible for the content of this article. Here are our top 3 ways to give your pet the little extras that make a big impact! Special Treats.

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Critter News

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is a meat-eating professor of animal welfare, another is an animal rights activist, and the third is an animal researcher. The article continues. I thought this was an interesting piece contrasting three different people and their relationships with animals. This quote from the animal rights person is spot-on for me.[Maria's]

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Critter News

DECEMBER 20, 2008

There's a big article at the ABC News site. The temple says the money goes toward caring for the tigers (each animal eats 13 pounds of meat a day) and construction of "Tiger Island," where it is hoped the tigers will soon move to live in larger enclosures.A Read it and tell us what you think.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

White article on bird feeding stations. And so, “Feeding Station Birds,” an article featuring Charley Harper’s first focus-on-the-birds illustrations, was published in the November 1954 issue of Ford Times. Starting in 1956, Harper wrote the text for the articles as well. I just count the wings.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2020

I have read canoeing articles from Africa and knew that the Nile Crocodile ( Crocodilus niloticus ) pays no attention to the boat and, in theory, as long as I’m inside I’m safe. On the other hand a croc might be tempted to grab a piece of meat that hangs low over the water and where do you think my paddle holding hand will be?

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Niman gives us is to pay attention to the source of meat products and what our mothers always told us: clean your plate. To the Editor: The claims Nicolette Hahn Niman makes for how greenhouse gases might be reduced while still eating meat may very well be true, and I do not have the expertise to challenge them. The best advice Ms.

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Critter News

JUNE 6, 2012

This article reaffirms my belief that it's more humane to slaughter horses in the US than to ship them for slaughter to Canada or Mexico. I don't like it either way, but one is better than the other for sure.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

A Spanish version of the following article appeared in the 9/4/11 edition of the Honduran publication, La Tribuna. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat. Robert Gallardo is well-known to many readers of 10,000 Birds as an outstanding Neotropical nature guide, author, and manager of La Chorcha Lodge.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 20, 2010

None of those approve of a vegan diet and all it took was one conversation, and me hearing that "they have to eat meat" from people who believe people "have to eat meat" to know that the issue wasn't ever going to be resolved.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 14, 2010

It was through her research that she learned how chimpanzees make and use tools, eat meat and engage in war-like activity. The purpose of her trip was to study the behavior of the resident chimpanzees in order to better understand humans. What she learned then added to our understanding of what means to be human.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler ” (Week in Review, Jan. 27): Mark Bittman answered my prayers by writing an article exposing how the meat industry contributes to global warming, world hunger and other issues plaguing our world. 27, 2008 To the Editor: “Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler” was misguided.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ PETA’s Latest Tactic: $1 Million for Fake Meat ” (news article, April 21): The commercial development of meat from animal tissue won’t result in “fake meat” any more than cloning sheep results in fake sheep. A more accurate name for the end result would therefore be “clean meat.”

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 10, 2010

An earlier article recounted an E. The United States Department of Agriculture has been broken for a long time, and it is clear that it cannot protect the American public from illness and death from contaminated meat products. Why not add only ground fat belonging to the meat being ground? No outside fat trimmings!

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

4): Your article about E. Then I saw the photo of Stephanie Smith and read the accompanying article. It’s a terrible but ultimately not surprising tale, given the continued lack of self-regulation and the emphasis on profit over safety in the meat industry. To the Editor: Re “ The Burger That Shattered Her Life: Trail of E.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Beyond the environmental impacts of meat production there is a basic ethical issue involved. I suspect that meat consumption would decline dramatically under such a code; it would certainly make many of us less hypocritical. Rather than eating dogs, we all ought to eat exclusively small-farmed, free-range meat.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

Sometimes an article has a couple of the above, as in the case of " Chinese Legal Experts Call for a Ban on Eating Cats and Dogs." But my initial reaction is that this is like Americans giving up "red meat." Why choose enslavement, rape, domination and slaughter? All they do thereafter is replace cows with chickens and pigs and fish.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2011

He says he hunts out of a need to take responsibility for his family, who evidently live where the supermarkets offer no meat. He says meat tastes more precious when you’ve watched it die. I assume that the use of the flintlock is to enhance his self-image as a master of the woodland. May I recommend a trip to a slaughterhouse?

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